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In this quarterly update, Western Asset believes global labor markets are experiencing significant changes driven by both cyclical and secular factors, with regional variations requiring tailored poli...

Six months after Liberation Day, the global investment landscape has shifted as countries have sought to respond to changes in US tariff policies. In this article, Franklin Templeton ETFs’ Dina Ting d...

Templeton Global Investments believes international equity markets currently provide a compelling opportunity given diversification benefits, developing drivers, and discounted prices.

After a cordial and apparently agreeable meeting, the Trump-Xi summit in Busan, South Korea, concluded without a formal announcement. However, Franklin Templeton Institute believes some emerging detai...

Western Asset: Despite another 25-bp rate cut, Federal Reserve officials signaled growing uncertainty about future monetary easing, as persistent inflation, mixed economic signals and limited data sug...

In its October meeting, the Federal Reserve may have delivered the last rate cut of this year—and possibly the last of this easing cycle. Franklin Templeton Fixed Income CIO Sonal Desai explains her v...

How bad was it? How did we do? And what’s next? Michael Comparato, Head of Commercial Real Estate at Benefit Street Partners discusses where things stand, the robust opportunity set that remains, and ...

Review investments, estimate income, maximize retirement savings and consider charitable donations are among many year-end planning ideas. Our Bill Cass shares a helpful checklist to use as a guide wh...